The Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran mission continues into day 4, with further escalation of hostilities by Israel and the U.S. and Iran lashing back with missile and drone strikes against multiple countries in the Middle East.
Here is a quick summary of recent events, mainly culled from www.theguardian.com/… -
- The Israeli Defense Forces announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has begun a large-scale wave of strikes on Tehran.
- Israel approves military ground incursion into the southern part of Lebanon; Israeli military issuing new evacuation orders for dozens of locations in Lebanon
- US orders 'non-emergency’ staff to leave Qatar and Kuwait
- Two drones hit the US Embassy in Riyadh, causing a limited fire and minor damage. www.aljazeera.com/...
- There have been at 1,039 recorded attacks on 504 locations in Iran.
- Iranian Red Crescent updates death toll to 787.
- Norway-based human rights group Hengaw said the death toll on day three had reached at least 1,500, including 200 civilians and 1,300 members of the Iranian forces.
- Casualties and destruction were reported across at least nine countries,
- At least 52 deaths and 30,000 displaced in Lebanon, UN says.
- UAE air defences tallied 186 missiles, 812 drones launched toward country since start of conflict
- Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege that threatens hunger crisis
- IAEA confirms damage to Iran's Natanz nuclear site, but no leaks yet.
- Tens of thousands of people left stranded in the Middle East as conflict complicates routes home
- Israel rails against Spanish government which refuses to give the US permission to use jointly operated military bases on its territory to attack Iran.
- trump rails against Starmer who said that the UK will not join the US and Israel in offensive strikes but will focus on “defensive actions.”
Many refineries and chemical industry plants are halting operations.
Oil is up, stocks are down.
$100 oil and $4 gas is on the way if the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t open soon, analyst warns — www.cnn.com/...
trump is worried about weapons stockpiles if the war extends much longer, hence he bleats about “virtually infinite stockpiles” and “forever wars.”
Rubio comes up with a twisted Orwellian excuse for why the U.S. attacked Iran first (no, it wasn’t Israel) —
There absolutely was an imminent threat. And the imminent threat was, that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed that they would be attacked (by Israel), that they would immediately come after us. And we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.
thehill.com/…
Hegseth unabashedly claims that we no longer follow international law. www.war.gov/…
This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission: destroy the missile threat, destroy the navy, no nukes. Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful, capable partners, as we've said since the beginning, capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force.
No stupid rules of engagement, no nation-building quagmire, no democracy building exercise, no politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives.
Epilogue
The trump regime continues to thumb its nose at national and international law, and rain death and destruction here and abroad. There is no post-bombing plan. trump keeps gaslighting the nation that all is well, golden age, blah blah. Their base loves the violence. Republicans are pulling every stop to prevent Democrats from winning elections.
We can only hope that the world will pull itself together and come to a resolution to end this mayhem.
Meanwhile, we have to use all the tools at our disposal to stop and slow down this regime. Let’s stay united and energized. And keep spreading the Truth.
